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COMINS TOWNSHIP, Mich. ? Police and family are combing a campsite in Oscoda County for a missing 2-year-old girl from the Monroe Area.

The search for Gabriella Vitale is concentrated in a wooded area near M-33 on Reber Road in Comins Township. Vitale's family called police around 8:15 a.m. Monday. They told authorities they had been camping for the past week and were preparing to leave this morning when they lost track of the toddler.

Since that time, Oscoda deputies and Michigan State Police troopers, including canine teams and Trooper 3 (MSP helicopter), and DNR Officers have been searching the area. A command post has also been set up.

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MSP, the Oscoda County Sheriff's Office, and the DNR are mounting a search for 2-year-old Gabrielle Vitale. She wandered from her camp site on Reber Rd west of M-33 this morning, and hasn't been seen since. Anyone with info should contact police ASAP.

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Correction on her name spelling... Gabriella Roselynn Vitale. Her family is from the MONROE area. Very emotional situation for them...and all who are searching for her.

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Correction on her name spelling... Gabriella Roselynn Vitale. Her family is from the MONROE area. Very emotional situation for them...and all who are searching for her.

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Gabriella?s pink jacket has been found several hundred yards south east of where she went missing. That means she?ll be in the gray shirt. Thanks to neighbors who are on the lookout...call dispatch with info. If you find clothing, please don?t touch (to keep your scent off).

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The MSP Mobile Command Center has arrived and will become the incident command post. Thanks to the Mio McDonalds for all the food and drink they?ve provided to the search teams and staff.

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Vitale was last seen wearing a pink zip-up coat and pink bottoms. She is believed to be wearing tennis shoes and to have a grey shirt under the jacket. Searchers have found the pink coat, but there is still no sign of Gabrielle Vitale.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oscoda Central Dispatch Center at 989-826- 3214 immediately.

OSCODA COUNTY, Mich. - A missing two-year-old in northern Michigan has been found alive.

Michigan State Police say that the girl is well. They say she walked to a nearby residence about a quarter mile to a half mile west of where she had last been seen. Police say that location was on the outskirts of where they had been searching.

Gabriella Vitale wandered away from her family's campsite early Monday morning, while the family was packing up to leave.

The girl is being taken to an area hospital to be checked. She had gone over 24 hours without water, but first responders say she was in good shape.

The family released this statement Tuesday afternoon:

“We would like to express our thanks to God for keeping our sweet Gabriella safe. Thank you to the countless public safety officers, first responders, and those that helped locate our girl. We are forever grateful to the Fairview Community, especially the local, state and DNR officers. Please continue to keep our family in your prayers as we hold Gabriella in our arms.” - Alyssa Bijarro, mother of Gabriella